Miners compete at two track events

The Yreka Miners track and field squad took part in two races this past weekend. On Friday the Miners took part in the Dave Allen Twilight Invitational in Mount Shasta. A number of the varsity team members sat out the event to take part on Saturday in the Grants Pass Rotary Invitational.

In Grants Pass versus elite competition, the girls team came in ninth and the boys 15th.

In the 300 meter hurdles, Jena Turner came in first place with a time of 45.36 seconds. In the shot put, Katie Brummett finished fourth and in the 100 meter hurdles Ashley Ensminger came in fifth and Emily Andrus took sixth in the high jump.

In the junior varsity girls pole vault, Kara Jackson took third overall. For the boys, David Sellens II took third in the discus and Kaden Culp took fourth in the long jump. Clayton Bun came in sixth in the 1500 meter race. In JV boys, Matt Jochim took third in the 300 meters and 5th in the 1500 meters.

In Mount Shasta, the Yreka boys and girls JV squad took first overall in their divisions. In varsity, Mount Shasta took first in the boys and girls divisions.

First place finishers for Siskiyou County in the boys divisions were Eli Chapman of Mount Shasta in the 200 meters and John Whelan of Etna took first in the 1600 meter race and 3200 meter race.

Jarrod Althaus-Cressman of Mount Shasta took the top spot in the 110 meter hurdles.

In the shot put Jeff Rhoades of Dunsmuir was first as was Garrett Bryan of Mount Shasta in the pole vault.

In the girls division, Ashley Lee of Tulelake was first in the 200 meters and Kylee Baley of Tulelake was first in the 800 and 1600 meter races. In the 3200 meter race, Julie Ostrowski of Mount Shasta earned a first place finish. Elida Pelayo of Etna came in first in the high jump and Janelle Jaegel of Mount Shasta was first in the pole vault. Mallory Pappas of Weed was first in the long jump and triple jump.

This Friday, Yreka is hosting the Northern Athletic League Championships. Events tentatively begin at 1 p.m.

Results from the Mount Shasta meet can be found atwww.athletic.net/TrackAndField/MeetResults.aspx?Meet=174085#660.